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blocking

b lo king

  • n  the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
  • v  render unsuitable for passage
  • v  hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  • v  stop from happening or developing
  • v  interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
  • v  run on a block system
  • v  interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
  • v  shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
  • v  stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
  • v  obstruct
  • v  block passage through
  • v  support, secure, or raise with a block
  • v  impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
  • v  be unable to remember
    You are blocking the name of your first wife!
  • v  shape by using a block
  • v  shape into a block or blocks
  • v  prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

  • Protestors attempt to blend in with commuters at Australia's Canberra airport during a demonstration calling on the 'dinosaurs'in power to stop blocking the urgent action needed to .
  • A lot of environmentalists work in bold strokes, saving a species or blocking a dam, but Christina Kim operates in a more subtle way.
  • But blocking YouTube makes the very opposite statement.
News & Articles

  • Google settles suit, clears way for stock split
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of non-voting shares later this year.
    June 17, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Google Settles Suit, Clearing Way for Stock Split
    Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of non-voting shares later this year.
    June 17, 2013 - New York Times
  • Union workers, riot police face off in Turkish capital
    ANKARA (Reuters) - Riot police backed by water cannon warned around 1,000 trade union workers to stop blocking a major avenue in the centre of the capital Ankara on Monday or face intervention, a Reuters witness said. The workers were trying to march towards the central Kizilay district, waving flags and chanting slogans, as part of a national strike called by several labor groups in support of ...
    June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Reuters Canada
    The United States Senate knocked down a filibuster aimed at blocking a final vote on healthcare reform and scored a big victory for the American people,Obama said.
  • Mark Webber in ASEAN Automotive News
    Here's Webber's side of the story: "I was looking for the best tow to get the job done and pass him and he was playing quite hard as well down the inside, blocking all of a sudden very aggressively. In the end the thing that surprised me was how...
  • Martin Brodeur in USA Today
    Surpassing a record definitely becomes a little nerve wracking,Brodeur said. "I don't get nervous, but today I was a little nervous. It was a like a good playoff game, everybody was trying to get the puck out and blocking shots and...

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